Board Leadership Practices have developed substantially over the past few years. Corporate Boards have become more proactive and accountable and are significantly more involved with corporate strategy, CEO succession and risk oversight whilst constantly realigning the board’s priorities to developments in macro-economic and political uncertainties, cyber risks, digitisation and disruption, sustainability and responsible governance, and to the new trends in shareholder engagement and stewardship practices.

The Global Board Leadership Initiative aims at improving global board leadership practice with focus on value creation and sustainable growth – for the good of the individual firm, shareholders and society at large. The Initiative is based on a close collaboration between three globally leading environments for Corporate Governance and Board Leadership Practices: Singapore, Northern Europe, and North America. The Singaporean board environment is led by Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) – a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek and supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board and the Singapore Ministry of Manpower. The European board environment is led by the Board Leadership Society of Denmark – a non-profit organisation constituted by the Danish corporations and industrial organisations, government institutions, Copenhagen Business School, and leading professors and boardroom leaders. The North American contribution to the Initiative originates from Stanford Director’s College, which over the past 25 years has engaged CEOs, board directors, regulators, lawyers, and scholars in dialogue on the broad range of issues that confront modern boards.

Jointly hosted by the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) of Singapore and the Board Leadership Society of Denmark, the inaugural Summit was held in Singapore on the 9th and 10th of January 2019, at the Four Seasons Hotel.

An exclusive and by invitation only event, the Summit brought together more than 50 boardroom leaders from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and South Africa to inspire and lead discussions across borders on new ideas and solutions to the opportunities, challenges and risks facing global corporations today.

The following are the knowledge and supporting partners of The Global Board Leadership Initiative

• Copenhagen Business School
• Centre for Governance, Institutions & Organisations, National University of Singapore
• European Confederation of Directors’ Associations
• Egon Zehnder
• Ernst & Young
• Kromann Reumert
• Norwegian School of Economics
• Singapore Exchange
• Stanford Directors’ College
• The Danish Industry Foundation

This edition of The Global Board Leadership Summit marks the commencement of the Global Board Leadership Initiative that is slated to run for three years on a rotating basis between Singapore, USA and Europe.

The Global Board Leadership Initiative is aimed at improving global board leadership practices with a focus on value creation and sustainable growth – for the good of the individual firm, shareholders and society at large.